Did you just download a file that has been digitally signed by Intel Corporation - pGFX and wonder if the file is safe? If that's the case, please read on.
You'll probably see Intel Corporation - pGFX when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can also view the Intel Corporation - pGFX certificate with the following steps:
Here's a screencap of a file that has been digitally signed by Intel Corporation - pGFX:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Intel Corporation - pGFX and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above, you can view all the details of the certificate, such as when it was issued, who issued the certificate, how long it is valid, and so on. You can also see the address for Intel Corporation - pGFX, such as the street name, city and country.
Intel External Basic Issuing CA 3B and Intel External Basic Issuing CA 3A has issued the Intel Corporation - pGFX certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
The following are the Intel Corporation - pGFX files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
The FreeFixer tool treats files from Intel Corporation - pGFX as trusted, which means that the Intel Corporation - pGFX files will appear with a green background and that there is no removal checkbox for the file. However, as you can see in the scan results below, a few of the anti-virus scanners detects the Intel Corporation - pGFX file(s). My guess is that those detections are false positives and that the files are safe. It is unlikely that Intel Corporation - pGFX would ship a malware file.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/54 | hkcmd.exe |
1/56 | igfxEM.exe |
0/54 | igfxEM.exe |
0/46 | igfxtray.exe |
0/48 | hkcmd.exe |
0/49 | igfxpers.exe |
0/51 | igfxCUIService.exe |
0/57 | igfxtray.exe |
0/47 | igfxtray.exe |
0/47 | hkcmd.exe |
0/47 | igfxpers.exe |
0/55 | hkcmd.exe |
Here is the detection names for the Intel Corporation - pGFX files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
As mentioned above, I think these detections are incorrect since it is very unlikely that Intel Corporation - pGFX would ship a malware file.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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AegisLab | W32.Virut |
Bkav | W32.WhiteListMZ |
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 30231 scan reports for the Intel Corporation - pGFX files. 2 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: